Manic Street Preachers’ oeuvre indicates that one can only keep preaching manically if one lets oneself be haunted by the past to show the cracks in capitalist realism.
In “Götterdämmerung”, black metal band Zeal & Ardor carve out an empowering Black position from Nietzsche’s response to a rotten nihilistic culture.
Manic Street Preachers’ The Ultra Vivid Lament is driven by George Orwell’s aim to make political writing into art.
It is not in IDLES’ oft-derided lyrics but in their visceral performances that they connect with listeners.
